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Charles Sturt

1795 - 1869

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Charles Napier Sturt (28 April 1795 – 16 June 1869) was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers, establishing that they all merged into the Murray River, which flows into the Southern Ocean. He was searching to prove his own passionately held belief that an "inland sea" was located at the centre of the continent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sturt is the 451st most popular explorer, the 780th most popular biography from India (down from 731st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles Sturt ranks 451 out of 498. Before him are Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Frans Blom, John Gardner Wilkinson, Valerian Albanov, Matthew Henson, and Jan Carstenszoon. After him are Herbert Ponting, George Back, Ed Stafford, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Lars Christensen, and Kristian Prestrud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Charles Sturt ranks 61. Before him are George Peabody, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, John P. Kennedy, Pedro Blanco Soto, John Francis Davis, and José Miguel de Velasco Franco. After him are Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Vasily Perovsky, Benizelos Roufos, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Frances Wright, and William Lyon Mackenzie. Among people deceased in 1869, Charles Sturt ranks 60. Before him are George Peabody, Diomidis Kyriakos, Bertalan Szemere, Robert J. Walker, José Hilario López, and Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. After him are Peter Mark Roget, John Cassin, Thomas Hodgskin, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Mary Ward, and John Bell.

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In India

Among people born in India, Charles Sturt ranks 780 out of 1,861. Before him are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Nirmal Verma (1929), Isha Koppikar (1976), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Manilal Gandhi (1892), and K. Sivan (1957). After him are Kātyāyana (-200), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), Zeenat Aman (1951), Aruna Irani (1946), Anna Chandy (1905), and Bachendri Pal (1954).

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Among EXPLORERS In India

Among explorers born in India, Charles Sturt ranks 4. Before him are Nain Singh (1830), Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), and Tim Severin (1940).

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